Photos matted on yellow cardstock:
top right is a bee on the Cantaloupe yellow flower 6/17/11
center left is of the 2 Cantaloupe plants bought from Home Depot when hubby first planted them 4/17/11
center right is the Cantaloupe plants as they look now 7/14/11
bottom is the 1st Cantaloupe to have grown
Currently we have 16+ Cantaloupes growing from the 2 plants we started with and first one that you see in the bottom photo should be ripe sometime in Aug.
Preserves Cricut cartridge 2 1/2": melon2 & layers, 'melon' word & label shift (qty 2 of these)
Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge 2 1/2" sun: August script shift & August script shadow
Paper:
Base: 12" x 12" the Paper Studio Soft Swirls Green - from Hobby Lobby - chose this because it had a nice vine pattern to it and the cantaloupe plants as you can see are a vine growing plant
yellow cardstock: core'dinations VC Lemonade
light orange: Papaya
darker orange & 2 shades of green cardstock
Fiskars Large Scallop punch
brad on journaling part at bottom center of page
Entering this into following challenges:
Cooking with Cricut - Cricut pens or markers or proj w/ sun die cut since challenge indicated if you did not have Cricut pens or markers you could a sun die cut which is what I did
Challenge #42: Pen or Marker Work or a Sun
Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Preserves!
Tuesday Throwdown #57 - Fun in the Sun included a sun since a garden needs sun to grow & Texas sun has been beaming 100+ temps
Tuesday Throwdown #57
Polkadoodle Wk 28 Challenge - Long Hot Summer definitely a long hot Summer here in Central TX with 100+ temps
Week 28 Challenge - Long Hot Summer
Paper Cutz Challenge #100 The skies the limit - included a sun & HoneyBee bumblebee
More than favors
Wacky Wednesday #44 - Fun in The Sun!
Enjoy,I love melons, Your page is lovely and good luck with the challenges.
ReplyDeleteGreat lay-out! Neat garden!
ReplyDeleteI love that Cricut cut melon! Great way to "preserve" your garden!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I love your "Melon Guard Dog!" Great LO! Thanks for linking up with Cooking With Cricut this week.
ReplyDelete~ Jen, CWC Design Team
www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com
Great Layout! I wish I could grow cantelope that well!
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone. Thought I'd include Teddy (his full name is Teddy Bear) in the photos even though he did not make it onto the scrapbook layout. This is our first time growing cantaloupe and it's exciting.
ReplyDeleteHi there.. what a lovely insight into your garden.. I love my garden too, and there is no better place to be..thanks for shraing with us over @ Polkadoodles .
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What a beautiful summer project. Thanks for joining us at Polka Doodles.
ReplyDeleteGreat summer project, glad you could join us at Polkadoodles this week. Good Luck! Colette xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful layout. Thanks for playing along with us at Cooking with Cricut.
ReplyDeleteNice layout! Thank you for playing along with us! :)
ReplyDelete- Scrappy Mel
A fabulous summer layout, and I loved seeing the pics of your beautiful planter and growing melon garden. Thanks for sharing this with us at Tuesday Throwdown! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat layout and awesome garden. Your melon plant ROCKS!!! Your puppy is so adorable:) TFS and thanks for playing with us this week at Cooking With Cricut!
ReplyDelete~Madison CWCDT funkycards.blogspot.com
Cute lo! I love how you did the stages of the melons. Tfs and have a great day. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope they taste good, thanks for taking part in the Polka Doodles challenge
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